Student Leadership
Our five shared values (Community,
Discipleship,
Evangelism,
Service and
Worship)
were created to give purpose and focus to the vision of the
Georgia Tech BCM. Our student leadership called the Vision Team
is thusly split into these five areas of ministry. There are
other target ministries that fill the gaps and bridge between
the shared values. The student leadership directory for
2011-2012 can be found
here.
Community
We value the image of God in all people, everywhere. We believe
that we are created to live deeply and authentically with one
another, carrying each other's burdens, sharing our possessions,
praying for and confessing our sins to each other, suffering and
celebrating together. It's in these honest, loving relationships
that truth becomes a reality as God transforms us. The way of
Jesus cannot be lived alone. At Georgia Tech, for some,
community can be difficult to discover. Loneliness is a major
issue. Therefore, we will strive to create the before mentioned
environment through various avenues. We commit to pray, plan,
and create opportunities, which will foster genuine
relationship. In addition, we will continually reach out to all
students to broaden the depth of our community. Overall we will
strive to “break bread” as often as we can to emulate the work
of the Spirit as found in Acts 2:41-46.
Discipleship
We believe that God wants to bring about redemption in every
part of us. We embrace the salvation that Jesus offers as the
only hope for the healing of our relationships with God, each
other, ourselves, and creation. We believe that all of life is
spiritual. All of our fears, failures, and brokenness can be
restored and made whole through the healing power of Jesus
Christ. We value the journey, because we want to be fully
integrated people. Peoples whose mind, body, soul, emotions, and
experiences are all offered together to God [Colossians 2.6-7].
We want to be fully mature disciples of Christ. At Georgia Tech,
we understand that within the context of smaller groups this
discipleship process can more readily happen. Therefore, we will
create safe small group environments that allow freedom to grow
into maturing believers. We commit to intentionally pray, train,
and encourage one another in becoming reproducing disciples. We
will continually look for fresh ideas and news way to build
these small groups to best meet the needs of Georgia Tech
students. Whole life discipleship is a lifestyle, a journey, a
process.
Evangelism
We affirm the truths of scripture that claim Christ came for the
world, that all people are created in the image of God, and one
day all will bow to Jesus. We eagerly await this coming with
joyful expectation. However, we understand that we play a role
in this coming. Through Matthew 28.18-20 and Acts 1.8, we know
our role and responsibility, believing in the truth that we are
the arms and legs of Christ through His redemptive power. We
will continually be in the process of being disciple makers, as
well as, being witnesses of the risen Jesus. At Georgia Tech we
recognize people all around us who have not heard the Truth, or
have the Truth and have rejected it. So, in love, we will strive
to engage the campus by intentionally befriending the lost,
sharing life, and reflecting the love of Christ to them. We will
be strategic in our prayer, training, planning, execution, and
follow-up. We will constantly explore, question, and wrestle
with new and creative ways to live out and communicate the
teachings of Jesus. Success is defined by love, not numbers.
Service
We believe that God is the God of all people. And we believe
that Jesus came to implement a New Kingdom built upon truth,
compassion, and love. So we understand that we often represent
the presence of God’s kingdom on earth. Therefore, being led by
the Spirit of God, we are passionate about relieving suffering
and fighting injustice, joining the God of the oppressed in
living out the transforming message of the resurrected Jesus.
Jesus calls us to be agents of change and a compelling force for
good in the world. We believe that we are at our best when we
serve, sacrifice, and love, caring about the things God cares
about. [Matthew 25.34-40] We are created to live for something
larger than ourselves. At Georgia Tech we recognize God has
placed us in the heart of Atlanta. We have chosen to open our
eyes to a campus in pain, a city of hurt, and a world undone. We
commit to pray, train, and educate those around us to the issues
of social justice. Our response is to actively plan, prepare,
and carry out various service projects as needs and
opportunities arise. We will seek to partner with local churches
in this service. We want to bring the love of Christ to all
people through dying to our own needs and loving others with the
life giving love through our service.
Worship
We see a great need to come together regularly and celebrate
Jesus [Hebrews 10.25]. We understand that corporate worship has
many different looks and feels throughout history, and we choose
to embrace the value that we can worship Jesus in spirit and
truth in many ways [John 4.21-24]. So we strive to create an
eager environment to celebrate, teach, sing, pray, read, be
silent, jump, or reflect on the restoration that we have through
Jesus. We will embrace Truth first, and follow creatively after
this. Because we see worship as a lifestyle, change is assumed,
innovation is expected, and rebirth is welcomed. At Georgia Tech
we understand that this happens most often in our weekly
Velocity time. We coordinate with worship teams, tech support,
drama, prayer, communicators, and other groups to provide the
above environment each week. We commit to pray, plan, and
continually implement as the Spirit leads. We also recognize
special times of the year that we will be called upon to
facilitate worship in other areas outside of Velocity.
